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Top 5 Speech Therapy Exercises for Patients Who Have Suffered a Stroke

March 2019

Have you or a loved one recently suffered from a stroke? Are you having difficulty speaking with the people you care about most?

Having a hard time communicating can be frustrating for everyone involved, but when you’re the one struggling to say even the simplest things, it can feel infuriating.

That’s where having the right tools (or, in this case, speech therapy exercises) comes in.

In this post, we’ll give you the rundown on speech therapy for stroke patients and review 5 of the most popular speech exercises to help you get your groove back.

Let’s get to it, shall we?

1. Sticking Your Tongue Out

For this exercise, all you need to do is stick your tongue out, hold it for as little as 2 seconds, pull it back, and then repeat.

When you’re working to overcome a post-stroke condition like aphasia, it can sometimes feel like you’re never going to be able to do even the smallest things like sticking your tongue out again. But really, all you need to do is practice.

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